NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Suffolk County Police said a 2-year-old girl has died after a driver struck her and her mother in Patchogue on Monday.
Authorities said Vilma Graciela Maurad Centeno was pushing her daughter, Nataly Brito Maurad, in a stroller on Medford Avenue when a Ford pickup truck slammed into them at 6:18 p.m.
Both victims were taken to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue where the 2-year-old was pronounced dead, police said.
Maurad Centeno was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital wiith serious injuries.
The driver, identified by authorities as 62-year-old James Maupin Jr., was not injured.
Police said his vehicle was impounded for a safety check.
Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.